A study by CBS News and Sports Illustrated on the magazine’s preseason top 25 revealed that seven percent of more than 2,800 players had run afoul of the law before or after entering college.

CBS and SI did background checks on every player as of Sept. 1, 2010 and found that 204 of 2,837 players had legal issues, and that only Oklahoma and TCU (within the preseason top 25) do background checks on players.

"Seven percent, that's way too high," NCAA President Mark Emmert told SI. "I think two percent is too high. You certainly don't want a large number of people with criminal backgrounds involved in activities that represent the NCAA."

The study did not reveal correlating figures for the general student population. The background checks failed to account for juvenile records, which are typically sealed by courts and unavailable.

According to the study:

• Seven percent of the players in the preseason Top 25 -- 204 in all (1 of every 14) -- had been charged with or cited for a crime, including dozens of players with multiple arrests.

• There were more than 105 drug and alcohol offenses, including DUI, drug possession and intent to distribute cocaine.

• The report also stated in the cases where an outcome was known, "players were guilty or paid some penalty in nearly 60 percent of the 277 total incidents."

• Race was not a major factor. In the overall sample, 48 percent of the players were black and 44.5 percent were white. Sixty percent of the players with a criminal history were black and 38 percent were white.